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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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